I had no clue these things still existed until my fiance and I moved to Iowa. I started to believe these were just something we saw in movies or on tv. In all seriousness, I'm not sure I've ever seen one of these in my life. I'm pretty sure where I grew up in Minneapolis they had their own spots they would set up and you had to go to them.

I also didn't eat much of this growing up either. Maybe that's why I never noticed them. I wasn't really seeking them out and I just didn't care. Have you seen one of these rolling around your neighborhood or is this strictly a close to where I live kind of thing? The closest we had to one of these growing up would've been the Schwan's man, which isn't even that close to what this truck does.

The Schwan's man didn't really have a route to stop by and sell stuff. We would just yell and ask him if he had any free samples and every now and then he would stop, hop out and hand us anything leftover that they weren't going to use. That may sound kind of weird in today's age but we would only do that if our parents were outside with us. When is the last time you saw a real Ice Cream Truck in your neighborhood?

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There's a ton of construction going on, on the street in front of my house and I have to give Peppy's Ice Cream a ton of credit for thinking smart. There are a lot of construction workers who've been outside in the sun all day and almost every single one of them stopped to buy something.

Not only do I not remember if I've ever seen an Ice Cream Truck in my life but I know I've never heard the ice cream jingle being played where I grew up. You can definitely hear Peppy's Ice Cream before you see them.

I'm not a big ice cream eater but the next time I hear this truck coming down the street I'm grabbing some cash just so I can say I've been to a real ice cream truck. Up until Wednesday, I would've bet $5 ice cream trucks only existed in movies or on tv.

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